{"id":96477,"date":"2024-05-13T16:29:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=96477"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:29:48","slug":"due-south-spaces-out-on-mysteries-of-the-universe-with-nc-astronomer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/due-south-spaces-out-on-mysteries-of-the-universe-with-nc-astronomer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Due South&#8217; spaces out on mysteries of the universe with NC astronomer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Carina_Nebula__800w.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula, taken with the James Webb Space Telescope.\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.85em;\">Carina Nebula, taken with the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Leoneda Inge, Jeff Tiberii, Erin Keever<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After talking with a NASA astronaut, we at Due South wanted to learn more about research that\u2019s happening here on Earth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/staff\/rachel-smith\"><strong>Rachel Smith<\/strong><\/a>, an astrophysicist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, studies star and planet formation.<\/p>\n<p>We talk with her about that, and space out on some of humankind&#8217;s biggest questions, like \u2013 are we alone in the universe?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/show\/due-south\/2024-05-06\/due-south-space-travel-exploration-mysteries-of-the-universe-with-nc-astronomer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to this \u201cDue South\u201d podcast via WUNC<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><em>For more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and groundbreaking research, follow @NaturalSciences on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96481,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/96477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/96477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}